Since a very young age i have never really been fond of mazes. I remember going into a maze a few years ago at six flags with the mindset that it was going to be cheesy and unrealistic. Oh man, was i wrong. I got so scared and paranoid to the point that when someone jumped out and scared me i physically punched them in the face by pure fear and instinct. Least to say the worker was not happy about it. This event transformed from me walking calmly through a scary area to me feeling threatened, attacked, and on the verge of being killed by someone popping up in my face. Transformations obviously create fear. This can be shown in the following three stories. Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here”, Julio Cortazar's “House Taken Over”, and Arthur Tress’s “the Dream Collector” all transform by using suspension to prove Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here” transformation scares readers because it goes from being a nice day to becoming creepy by an unwanted visitor. This is effective …show more content…
It is effective because it lets the readers mind run wild with possibilities of what this substance or possible creature might be. For instance when the brother says “We liked the house because, apart from its being old and spacious, it kept the memories of great grandparents, our paternal grandfather, our parents and the whole of our childhood.”(37). This shows that the house has been in their family for generations with no problems. On the contrary when the brother tells his sister “I had to shut the door to the passage. They’ve taken over the back part” (40). This proves that there is something or someone slowly taking over their house. Therefore, transformation was used to scare the reader by having them guess who or what was taking over the